REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON
SPEAKS ON

ORIGINAL WAY
OF GOD'S WILL

July 8, 1984
Belvedere
Translator - Sang Kil Han

All people have an original nature which connects us with the
rest of the creation and the whole universe. It transcends the
past, present and future. Our original nature is not limited to
history but instead goes beyond it. It goes beyond the broadest
realm of the universe. That is why our minds direct us to strive
for something greater than history, to become bigger than even the
universe.

These statements about the original nature were true at any
time in the past and they will be true in the future, just as they
are true now. All value is determined in relationship with the
original nature of man. The person who is in conformity with the
original nature can be said to be a good person, while the person
who violates that original nature is not good. The questions of
good and evil and what is a true person and a false person are
determined according to the original nature.

What is the source of that original nature of people? We could
trace it back through our parents, who came from their parents and
so on, all the way back to the first ancestors of man. Likewise,
it will be passed on to all the succeeding generations. Any one
generation can last at the most for 100 years or so. During his
life span, every person will participate in that original nature
and then go to spirit world, passing it on to his descendants.

We can see that before each person came to be, that original
nature of man was here. Even after each person's life ends, that
original human nature continues to exist here on earth. So where
does that quality come from?

We can ask the age-old question, which comes first, existence
or consciousness? Materialists claim that existence and matter
existed prior to consciousness. But when you examine it, can matter
contain all the essence of consciousness? We say that consciousness
is greater than anything material. In other words, consciousness
is the subject of matter.

We can take a seed for an example. A seed is comprised of two
parts enclosed within one hull; this is true for every seed, without
exception. Also there is a tiny little embryo nestled between the
two parts. At the earliest stage of human existence, the point of
conception, an embryo is created through the love of the father
and mother. It represents both the plus and the minus. Whatever
the form of life, all the qualities of the future existence of each
new being are contained within that embryo, including a tree, a
flower, or a human being.

That tiny, one-celled bit of matter contains all these invisible
characteristics; nothing is left out. We can only imagine how small
is that amount of material, yet it contains a staggering amount of
potential.

How is it possible that such a tiny amount of material could
contain so many characteristics? All the qualities necessary for
that embryo to develop into a completed human being are condensed
within that tiny embryo. It contains the qualities from both the
father and the mother.

Can we say that we existed before we were actually born? That
something was there and was deployed into the form we took? Which
comes first, consciousness or existence? According to how we answer
that question, our beliefs and lifestyle will be largely determined.

It is more reasonable to conclude that the original nature and
its qualities were there before the individual came into being;
and as the individual grew, those qualities were developed. No
matter how small the embryo, all that information is still there.
The nucleus of the plus and the nucleus of the minus are contained
within that embryo. From there it starts to expand and grow. This
is comparable to the way the physical body grows. We eat and feed
our body with nutrients to enable it to grow.

The small, one-celled embryo contains the blueprint of what a
person will become one day. It is not an accident how a person
develops physically. Thus we cannot even think in terms of a person
just happening to develop certain qualities as he grows; they were
there in the beginning, regardless of what happens afterwards.
That means the original quality of man is his consciousness; it
was there before his existence was. Thus we can never claim that
the physical body is the subject over the mind.

Let us focus upon one aspect of man, his eyes. The eyes you
were born with were contained within that original blueprint. The
eyes of all beings, whether it is man, animal, birds, or insects,
have a common quality to them. Thus they must have a certain common
ancestor.

When your eye came into being, do you think it had its own
opinion about how it would look and function? Can the eyes think
and plan for themselves? Can the eyes decide that they will be
comprised of three parts-the white, the colored part and the black
in the middle? Can they think, "Well, I will have to rotate
and I must have eyelashes above me for protection. And I must be
able to lubricate myself so I won't dry out."? Do you think
eyes themselves have thought like that?

Of course, the eye itself cannot think in such a manner. But
on the other hand, we can see that all these things have been part
of the eye's development. Thus it is logical to assume that there
was some plan, of which the eye would become a part, and that plan
determined how the eye would be. Thus it is reasonable to think
that there was an original plan or a blueprint and that according
to that blueprint, the eye took its shape.

We explain the eye in this manner for the sake of analysis,
but we cannot separate clearly the material and spiritual parts of
the eye. When we speak of an eye, we are including both the material
and the non-material qualities. It is not difficult to believe that
wherever there is a spirit or consciousness, material will follow
and not the other way around.

Human beings, in the course of their efforts to understand
their existence, have separated the qualities of spirit and material,
yet neither exists alone. They must both be blended and understood
as a combined whole. We cannot understand and analyze them separately.
Unless mankind becomes aware of this and comprehends life as an
integrated whole, we cannot think of any sort of ideal society or
happiness.

The eye itself never even thought about coming into being or
what sort of existence it would have. However, there was a
consciousness guiding that eye to exist. Who determined that the
eye would be movable? There was a purpose for the eye and that was
for seeing light. The source of light is the sun. Thus, although
the eye itself was not aware of it, its purpose existed even before
it did. The material eye, of course, could not think and know about
this purpose and the plan for its existence. Could the material
eye realize, as it was coming into being as a part of a man or an
animal, that the sun was there?

However, since we know that the eye has not only its material
aspect but also its spiritual one, we can say that the eye pretty
much knew what to expect after it came into being. Did the spiritual
part of the eye know before it took a material form what was its
purpose and function, or only afterwards? Yes, it knew before.

This may seem to be a small point, but actually it is an
important part of the Principle. We can confidently say that the
consciousness level came first before the material took shape. Thus
we know that the contentions of materialists are completely groundless
as well as illogical and they contribute to the confusion of people,
rather than teaching them the truth. For the sake of analysis, it
may be permissible to divide the spiritual side from the material,
but when considering a real being, one cannot separate the two.

The eye's spiritual aspect knew that there would be a sun. The
material eye did not know it, but the consciousness which existed
earlier knew that the sun would be there. The eye also knew that
there would be dust particles; the material eye did not know this,
but its consciousness which existed before knew. So the eye came
to be protected by the eyelash. The eyelash came into being at the
same time as the eye.

Can you imagine where the eyelashes came from? They are hairs
which grow right out of the flesh of the eye, with a totally
different color and fiber. Can you say, "Well, material just
took shape on its own and formed an eyelash."? That would be
unreasonable. The spiritual eye knew very well that there would
be air and within that air would be dust and other particles floating
around.

Also the eye has its own little sprayer for moisture. For those
tear ducts to exist, it took the skill of an artisan- they are so
tiny and they must be positioned at just the right place. The
consciousness that preceded the eye's existence knew that evaporation
would dry it out, so it would have to be resupplied constantly with
moisture. Something knew this. Why does the eye blink continuously?
It is for the purpose of spreading around the moisture. Have you
ever tried not to blink and to keep your eyes open for ten or twenty
minutes? You can't do it, can you?

When we point out all these things to a communist or materialist
and then ask him if indeed material came before consciousness, he
will be baffled. How about you? If someone asks you sincerely
whether consciousness or material came first, how do you answer?
We cannot deny that such a small part of a person, namely the eye,
came into being with knowledge on a universal level. It knew not
only what the eye was supposed to do but also everything it would
need to relate with the rest of the world. The eye already knew it
was a part of that world.

Many people today, without understanding this reasoning, have
come to believe that all things-including eyes-came into being as
the result of simple power or force. Someone exerted force and the
eye, for example, came into being. But that is too broad-what sort
of a power was it? Why, when, and how did it happen? They cannot
answer that. They say that the universe is run by power, but they
cannot describe precisely the nature of that power.

All beings are dominated by a clear law; nothing exists beyond
that law or without it. We can measure and understand that law
precisely. Scientists experience this all the time. In the study
of physics or chemistry, they set up a hypothesis and they test
it, trying to disprove it. If they cannot disprove it, they accept
it as a theory and eventually it becomes a scientific law.

Where does power come from? Does power or force exist prior to
action, or is action first? This has been an age-old question. A
force tends to act upon something; thus force and action seem to
be hand-in-hand. Yet, which existed first, force or action? You
can see Reverend Moon here, and certainly I have a certain power.
Also I am doing many things and making many actions. Based upon
those actions, then I have a certain force which you can observe.

Consider electricity. Does that force exist first, or does it
only come into existence when there is electrical activity? Is it
because of action that electricity comes into being? Or was-the
electricity there and then when the proper action occurred, power
was brought forth? That is the point we are pondering. As we know,
electricity is composed of plus and minus charges. Without the
combination of these two, there can be no force. So action is an
indispensable pan of the force.

Does an action occur accidentally or haphazardly? Then what
must come before that action takes place? We can see clearly and
simply that there must be a subject and object relationship before
any action is possible. Only through this action is force possible.
So the classic question about the source of the power of the universe
can be answered. Is that power the result of action? Yes, it is
very much the result of action, but for the action to be possible,
there must be a subject and object relationship. There must be a
subject and object relationship within the universe that engages
in action, in order to produce power or force. We must be clear
about this point.

We can follow this logic backwards. Let us consider the power
of the universe. Where does it come from? It comes about as a result
of action. Is any action possible without any law or purpose? No,
before action can occur, there must be subject and object in
relationship. Thus we can know the chain of events-what happens
first, second, and what is the root or origin.

Furthermore we can understand that consciousness and matter
were blended in order to form the universe. It wasn't just matter
alone nor was it just spiritual quality alone-they were both
necessary. That was God's creation. He integrated the spiritual
and the material and then deployed them according to His plan. All
the aspects of His plan came into being upon that foundation.

Thus we are back to our original question: Which came first,
consciousness or material? We can clearly say that it was consciousness.
Consciousness and matter were the beginning of the universe, and
man is no exception to this.

The most sophisticated computer can put out a tremendous amount
of information and do many important things, but in order for it
to do that, someone had to program it. Without the necessary data,
no computer can function. A computer cannot produce anything which
it is not programmed to produce. It only puts out, in effect, what
is already there. Even if we could build a computer as large as
the World Trade Center with the capacity to deal with information
about the entire world, it would not be as great as the human brain.
Yet the human brain is quite small and it is limitless.

As a matter of fact, as we said earlier, an enormous amount of
information can be transmitted by just one human cell. There is a
mysterious quality to the brain, but it does contain a very concrete
subject/object relationship.

Within the human sperm and egg is contained all the information
about the baby that is to come. What causes the sperm and egg to
join with each other? Someone might say, "Due to the infusion
of force." But that is not the reason. Certainly it is not
knowledge, either.

It is by the power of love that the sperm and egg join together.
We can observe this phenomenon to examine how God merged the
spiritual essence into the material essence. When God created the
universe, including mankind, it was not knowledge or power that He
used to do His work. It was love itself which He used. Love transcends
everything else. Love is like the power of an electrical generating
station.

We can ask another very important question and that is, why
does man exist? Some materialists try to say that there is no
specific or understandable reason for man's existence, that we just
came into being. However, we know that nothing just comes into
being by accident. There was a plan in the beginning that later
came to be translated into the actual being. The concept of love
was there before any object of love came into being. That object
of love for God was a couple, a man and woman.

When there is a big plus, it naturally takes a big minus as
its object. The plus charge is on one end of a magnet and the minus
charge is on the other end. That means there must be some shared
qualities between the plus and minus, otherwise they could not
coexist on the same piece of metal. Even though the plus charge is
very strong, it still has a small amount of minus charge. Because
of this fact, the plus and minus ends can stay together on the same
magnet. The same is true of the minus. Although it is predominantly
minus, it still contains some small amount of plus charge.

The larger the subject, the larger the object it will take. We
can say that evolution must have occurred, but only according to
this law. Most scientists fail completely to understand the process
of evolution, thinking that it "just happened." However,
we know that there is always a reason for things to develop and
come together. The overall reason is the power of love and through
the relationship of subject and object.

The whole world is composed of only a hundred or so chemical
elements. These elements exist as the result of plus and minus
interaction. When we try to make these elements combine in certain
ways, they will not do so unless the proper subject and object,
plus and minus, relationship is brought about. Then they react
immediately.

The chemist in the laboratory may try to force two elements to
combine and he may use all sons of means, such as heat and pressure.
However, unless they form the right subject and object relationship,
they will not combine. When any two elements come together according
to the universal law, the scientist doesn't have to do anything-they
merge automatically.

From this we can draw an iron-clad rule. Even though evolution
did take place, it could only happen when proper subject and object
relationships were formed. When those relationships were missing,
evolution could never occur.

We can see that the whole universe is in a state of readiness
for the subject and object relationship. All things try to come
together through the power of love. The whole universe is dominated
by the principle of love. Why is this the case? It is only through
this principle that smaller beings can become pan of larger beings.

We can observe that the law of the material world involves a
certain entropy. In other words, output is always smaller than
input. That is a law of energy. When a certain amount of energy
is expended to produce a certain effect, there will be a loss or
consumption of energy. Nothing is added. However, there is a
different law guiding love. That is the only instance in which the
output is greater than the input. Thus when two beings join together
through love, they become greater than just the sum of their parts.
Added power is generated.

This is a clear law. It can even be applied to business. Suppose
there is a businessman who has to decide whether to drive from here
to Manhattan. If he can derive a profit, even a small one, from
going there, then he will go. But if he will not, then he won't
go. Even the smallest amount of profit makes the difference. That
provides him with the incentive and the power to go to Manhattan
every day. He knows that his property is expanding through that
activity, and thus he will never quit doing that activity.

Love operates like this, too. The more love you give out and
engage in, the more you will have. It grows and grows. This is the
way the universe is joined-through the law of love.

There is a huge plus within the universe and every other entity
in the universe seeks to be joined with that greatest plus. The
only way for that to happen is for each small minus entity to make
unity with a somewhat larger plus entity and thereby become bigger.
That huge plus is complex, not simple. Likewise the many smaller
entities become more complex and reflect that plus as they interact
with love.

A human being tries to go beyond himself and reach out to the
highest ideal, precisely because of this law. No matter how small
a person may be, he still wants to be bigger than the universe.
That is because his ultimate subject is that huge, universal subject.

In addition to our religious understanding, we can look materially
at this world and it still conforms to this law of the universe.
The law of love guides the material world as well.

When we dearly love our spouse and our family and then together
we love our country, our family will immediately grow as big as
our country. In other words, when the family as object takes the
country as subject, then it takes on the value of that subject.
When the country goes beyond itself and loves the world, the country
will realize the intensity of worldwide love. Eventually everyone
can be joined with the whole universe and God, through original
love.

The original nature is common to all people, even to a bad
person. Every human being has an original nature which he wants
to discover and develop.

If this were the original world, then the man of original nature
would be accepted automatically. But since the world has deviated,
it has to be corrected. That means we must put in great amounts of
power to do recreation. Indemnity is the power by which we neutralize
the opposition.

It takes more effort to repair an old, broken-down building
than it does to put up a new one. The extra effort to repair all
the old things is what we can call indemnity. The indemnity power
is needed to repair and restore the deviated self. Thus the need
for indemnity can be explained logically. There have been times
when our American members have asked, "Why can't we do the
restoration in a joyful way? Why do we need indemnity?"

You can welcome indemnity if you understand the purpose it
serves. Because of our indemnity, all things can be recreated and
brought back to their original nature. It is only after the original
man emerges that it becomes possible to walk the original way of
God's will. Are you original people? No, you were born as the result
of the human fall. Thus, in order to be recreated, you must also
pay indemnity.

Jesus was the original man, yet he too paid indemnity. Why must
the original man pay indemnity? It is because nobody else even knew
about indemnity or was capable of paying it. Why do I push you
through the indemnity course? Indemnity is not something which you
can be forced through by somebody standing over you. Once you
understand the need for indemnity, you must go through it voluntarily,
according to your own will. We must even volunteer to go to prison
if it will be a good condition of indemnity. If you don't want to
go but are forced to go, the indemnity loses its effect. Is that
clear?

Therefore even though a member might be quite young, he may be
asked to go fundraising. If the way of the multitude is an evil
way, then we must go against the multitude in order to go the good
way.

When the flowers bloom in spring, the butterflies come to drink
the nectar. Why do the leaves of a tree multiply and become green?
Why do the branches grow? That is the way nature can stimulate us
to improve our actions of love. Does love multiply in isolation?
No, love requires give and take. A tree must relate with its
environment in order to grow. The members of the plant kingdom
relate with each other through love and in that way they grow and
multiply.

Why should a tree want to grow bigger and bigger? What is wrong
with a small tree? It is because the bigger the tree, the more
leaves and then seeds it can produce. Thus the next generation will
be more numerous. Trees and plants are like our textbooks for love.
Some trees require six or seven years to blossom. None of them
blooms after just one year.

In the mineral world, veins of gold and silver are not found
in little isolated patches but in large areas that stretch for long
distances. Likewise the insects do not dwell in isolation. There
is one form of fly that incubates for several months and then
hatches to live for only one day. On that one day of life it mates
and then dies. This is like the salmon, which lives for several
years and then makes its way back to the place where it was born.
Then it mates and lays its eggs and then it dies.

Man is a privileged being to be able to engage in lovemaking
over and over again, for his whole life and on into spirit world.
All of nature, trees, the minerals, etc., exists as the textbook
for the inspiration of human beings. When men and women, as the
representatives of the whole universe, engage in love, the rest of
the universe can rejoice with them.

What makes a happy person? All of mankind feels a yearning for
happiness, but unless we know what it is, how can we attain it?
Happiness is the state in which you can give to an unlimited degree
and you can receive to an unlimited degree. When you can give and
receive unlimited love, then you are a happy person. In other words,
the happy person represents the original universe. Do you understand?

We can describe happy people in another way. They are those
who have the original marriage relationship, those who have original,
perfect parents, and those who have original children. In other
words, those who have the original four-position foundation are
the happy people. This is because they represent the universe.
That is a wonderful happiness!

Upon first learning about the four-position foundation in the
Divine Principle it sounds like a good concept, but when you really
understand it, you realize that the four position foundation is
more than that. It is necessary in order to become a happy person.
Thus, you too are capable of becoming a happy person. Isn't that
correct? The reason I matched and blessed you couples in marriage
was so that each of you could become happy people, having perfected
children who could, in turn, become happy people. You can eventually
become perfected parents.

In order for someone to become perfect, he cannot exist just
for his own sake. In order to grow, a person must learn to love
others more than himself, even sacrificing himself for their sake.
The logic of love is that once a person denies himself he becomes
greater. When you deny yourself, then something else greater fills
in that space.

This can be understood also by observing the way a low pressure
area is filled up by a higher pressure area. This is symbolic of
what happens when we sacrifice ourselves and get filled up by a
greater amount of love. By this process, each individual unites
with a bigger and bigger plus.

Everyone, including the True Children, lives according to this
law. It is the law of the universe, something that no one can
breach without suffering the consequences. You will become smaller
and smaller if you break that law. Thus one's spouse is a very
important person in the fulfillment of this law.

I could continue for days talking about this point within the
Principle of Creation, since there is so much to discuss.

Will any of you ever become a communist? How about a materialist?
Or are you going to remain Unificationists? Now you know how you
will lead your life. The law for our lives is extremely simple:
the individual lives for the sake of the family; the family lives
for the sake of the clan; the clan lives for the nation; the nation
for the world; and the world for God.

Within any certain area, there must be a center. Originally,
mankind was supposed to be one happy family but we know that society
is divided on every level. Now there is the communist world opposing
the democratic world and each feels it is superior to the other.

We must belong to something which is bigger than ourselves. By
the individual aligning himself with the family, the family with
the clan, and so forth, and everything having the same universal
center, then the universe itself takes on a perfectly spherical
shape. When you achieve this alignment, then you and your family
are one. You and your country are one. The same is true for the
universe.

When the universe has taken its perfectly spherical shape, only
half of it will be visible. The other half of the sphere will be
invisible, which is the spirit world.

No matter how much good you may do, no one will tell you to
stop. You can always do more and more good. All people are destined
to reach the top of the universe. Your destiny is to be as large
as the universe in your goodness.

If man had never fallen, Adam and Eve would have loved in the
original way and they would have created a family, society and
world with the proper universal center. God would have been in
the midst of that world. Man is meant to be the master or the center
of both the visible and the invisible worlds.

We must work hard to nullify opposition and then input more
effort to advance in the direction of goodness. This is why our
lives are harder than they were originally supposed to be.

The world is divided between the free world and the communist
world, the God-accepting world and the God denying world. If they
ever clash, then the world will be shattered. That is why Unificationism
is working to mediate every level of conflict in the world, ultimately
to work up to the level of these two conflicting world powers.

Individualism is extremely harmful to universal harmony, but
that is the common way of thinking in America today. At best, people
have expanded themselves to the family level but hardly anyone goes
beyond that level to the country, and certainly not to the world
and the universe. We must go against this way of thinking and
re-direct ourselves in the original way of God.

Each individual is destined to be as big as the universe, but
how can he do that? It is only by denying oneself and giving to
others on higher and higher levels.

Now we know what is the original way of God's will. We must
first be able to understand that it is God's will for the individual
to become as big as God Himself. Once we know this, we can go the
way of God's will through the law of love and reconstruct the
original world. Centering upon love, we must recreate the world.
Without love, we cannot recreate anything.

Nothing has any value without love-whether it is democracy,
communism, or whatever. Human history has progressed to this point
in which two world powers are on the verge of violent confrontation.
We must be the mediators that prevent that conflict. Thus Unificationism
will become recognized more and more. The communist theory is
inadequate and so is the democratic way. Now the new ideal will
emerge, which we call Godism. That is the historical transition
point where we are now.

This is our goal and the purpose of our way of life. Unless we
achieve the God-centered world here, we cannot achieve it in spirit
world. All these different steps from individual to family, family
to clan, and so forth, are only achievable through the practice of
love. No other quality or power can allow us to do it.

The very nature of love leaves no place for the individual
alone. It is within the nature of love to sacrifice the self for
others. Because this is the law, it is only through self-sacrifice
that we can achieve our goal of a unified world centered on love.
Then we will become one with God. That includes every individual,
family, clan, nation, and the world, and all the way to the universe.
Everything will become one with God.

By exercising the law of love horizontally, we expand vertically
toward God. Wherever there is a perfect minus, a perfect plus will
come into being and God will dwell there.

Through love, God creates and recreates. When we live for the
sake of others, we become wider and bigger. We expand. But when we
live just for ourselves, we shrink. Living for the sake of others
and centering upon love is the way of God's will for us. Unless
we live by this law, we can never reach the great destiny that God
wills for us. Can you understand?

Why must we go the suffering way of life? Why must we pay
indemnity? This is the reason: unless we do that, we cannot
neutralize the opposition against goodness, that power which pushes
the world in the deviated direction. That must be straightened out
and turned around in the right direction. But without the Messiah
and his teaching and guidance, nobody on earth will be able to do
this. I have been teaching you the formula and law by which you
must redirect your life.

Therefore, we cannot be subjugated by the fear of death. We
must face death itself squarely and rise above it. Many people have
been talking about the upcoming prison term, but I haven't been
thinking about it so much. I know that the war has already been
won by God and it is only a matter of time and how hard we work
before it becomes completely apparent. That is why I don't give so
much thought to whether I do or do not go to prison. The important
thing is whether or not we are going according to the original way
of life.

Even when death itself is hovering over us, we cannot stop our
way of life. We must keep going, striving to climb higher and
higher. Satan does not have this understanding or this confidence.
He is full of confusion. Thus, when we advance courageously, he
will be exposed as weaker than he appears.

(Father speaks in Korean to the blessed children who have
completed their 21-day training.)

Col. Han: The workshop the children will be over in
two days, so Father is summarizing things for them. He is saying
that the law will be observed rigidly from now on. Up till now, we
have been rather lax but from now on, we cannot afford to make any
mistakes. The laws are very rigid in the future world. Now Father
is stressing the importance of the blessed couples.

Father: This law is not something I made up. It is
something which I tested, investigated and determined without a
doubt to be the law of the universe. You have learned the law, so
now you have to practice it.

Those of you who lived a lawless and unprincipled way in the
past-are you going to live according to this way that I have been
explaining this morning? If you say yes, please raise your hands.
God bless you.